Greek government in exile

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The Greek government in exile was the official government of Greece, headed by King George II, which evacuated from Athens in April 1941, after the German invasion of the country, first to the island of Crete and then to Cairo in Egypt. Hence it is also referred to as the "Cairo Government" (Greek: Κυβέρνηση του Καΐρου). It remained there until the German occupying forces withdrew from the country on 17 October 1944. Closely controlled by the British, it was the internationally recognized Greek government, although its authority inside the country itself was minimal. There, alongside the Axis-controlled collaborationist governments, a vigorous Resistance movement developed, spearheaded by the communist-controlled EAM/ELAS, which established a de facto separate administration, formalized in March 1944 as the Political Committee of National Liberation (PEEA).

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Greece in World War II
1940-41 Balkans Campaign Occupation and Resistance Greek government in exile

Battles: Elaia-Kalamas • Pindus • Italian Spring Offensive • Cape Matapan

Commanders:
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Ioannis Metaxas • Alexander Papagos • Charalambos Katsimitros
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Sebastiano Visconti Prasca • Ubaldo Soddu • Ugo Cavallero • Giovanni Messe

Battles: Metaxas Line • Vevi • Thermopylae • Crete

Commanders:
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Alexander Papagos • Georgios Tsolakoglou
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Henry Maitland Wilson • Thomas Blamey
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Wilhelm List • Kurt Student
Occupying powers

Occupation Authorities:
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Hermann Neubacher • Walter Schimana • Alexander Löhr • Helmuth Felmy
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Pellegrino Ghigi • Carlo Geloso
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Atrocities: Doxato • Kommeno • Kalavryta • Distomo • The Holocaust in Greece

Other topics: Greek famine of 1941-42 • Principality of Pindus • Ohrana

Collaborators

People: Georgios Tsolakoglou • K. Logothetopoulos • Ioannis Rallis • Georgios Poulos

Organizations: Security Battalions • ESPO • EEE • Greek National Socialist Party

People: Aris Velouchiotis • Stefanos Sarafis • Georgios Siantos • Markos Vafiades • Evripidis Bakirtzis • Andreas Tzimas

Organizations: KKE • ELAS • PEEA • EPON • EA • OPLA • SNOF

Operations: Ryka • Mikro Chorio • Gorgopotamos Bridge • Fardykambos • Sarantaporo

Non-EAM Resistance

People: Napoleon Zervas • Dimitrios Psarros • Kostas Perrikos

Organizations: EDES • EKKA • YVE/PAO • PEAN • ΕΟΚ

British Mission in Greece (SOE)

People: Eddy Myers • Chris Woodhouse • Patrick Leigh Fermor

Operations: Gorgopotamos Bridge • Abduction of General Kreipe

Events: El Alamein • Dodecanese Campaign • April 1944 mutiny • Rimini

People: King George II • Emm. Tsouderos • Panagiotis Kanellopoulos

Notable units: III Mountain Brigade • Sacred Band • Vasilissa Olga • Adrias

Towards the Civil War

Events: Lebanon conference • Caserta agreement • Moscow percentages agreement • Dekemvriana

People: Ronald Scobie • George Papandreou • Archbishop Damaskinos
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To 1945 unless otherwise indicated.
Principal co-belligerents in italics.

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• in Asia
• in Europe
Allies Axis

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• others

at war from 1937
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• Allied Leaders
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Resistance movements
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Conferences

1 Anti-Soviet.
2 Anti-Soviet and anti-Nazi.
3 Anti-Nazi, anti-Polish, and anti-Soviet.
4 Anti-Magyar, anti-Nazi, and anti-Soviet.
5 Lasted to May 1945.
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